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Reproduction of the inside of one of the Gallery doors by Eduardo Souto de Moura How can you experience architecture in an exhibition when it's in another place? It's sometimes easy to forget that one of the categories of members of the Royal Academy of Arts relates to architecture. The challenge therefore for the RA is how to represent architecture in its exhibitions. I guess a number

This is my Annual Making A Mark Poll which aims to find out about the trends in how artists sold their art - in 2013. I've moved it to after the end of the calendar year so that those who do their accounts on a calendar basis will know better: which place generated the most revenue which place generated the most profit The last time I ran this poll in 2012, I split the poll in two to make a

Botanical artists have just under two months to get our entries ready for this year's Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists - which is open to entries from both non-members and international artists.  This post is an overview of the call for entries and the process. Call for Entries - Society of Botanical Artists Botanical Garden Annual Exhibition 2014 Note that this year,

The deadline for entries to the 13th Annual International Exhibition of the UK Coloured Pencil Society is 5th February 2014. The exhibition will be held between 28th April - 10th May 2014 at the RBSA Gallery, 4 Brook Street, Birmingham, B3 1SA. The rules changed last year - with respect to the nature of the work that can be entered - and I'm not sure everyone is aware of that. Here's a

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize - Deadline for entries is the end of this month This is a reminder for all those intending to submit work to the 9th Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize - the deadline for entries is 29 January 2014, by 5pm. I've been covering this Prize since 2007 and you if you don't know much about it you can find links to past blog posts and images of the exhibition and winners at the

This is a quick reminder for all those domestic and international artists who aspire to become members of the Royal Watercolour Society. This year the Royal Watercolour Society has separated : the application process for the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition from  the application process for election to Associate Membership of the RWS  Previously the two have happened at the same time

Today I updated my Page on this blog devoted to Major Art Exhibitions in London to include all those taking place in 2014. See Major Art Exhibitions in London in 2014 - in the top menu I'm not going to list them all here - that's what the page is for.  However I will note those I'm looking forward to in a timeline below A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (Anne Lovell?)Hans Holbein the